Tag: peer pressure

Fat Tuesday

Emily Nelson

Layla tells us that she was down to 500 calories a day when she saw God. We’re all at Bri’s house, the four of us knee to knee and shivering because her mom turns off the heat at nine. The basement TV is paused in the middle of an episode Read more

Emily Nelson

Emily Nelson is a writer and editor from the Pacific Northwest. Her writing has been featured in The Rumpus, Ayaskala, Drizzle Review, and elsewhere. Currently, she is pursuing an MFA in Fiction at the University of Montana, and is the fiction editor for CutBank Magazine.

The Romanticism of Being a Teenager

Raegan Gonzalez

I’ve been a teenager for two years now – let me tell you, it is not all it’s cracked up to be. I remember being 6 years old and watching movies such as “High School Musical” and “Mean Girls.” Some of my favorite memories as a child were playing “Teenager” Read more